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Amount of assets that are expected to be realized or consumed within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Narrative (Details) € in Millions, BRL in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended									3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 BRL	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 BRL	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 18, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				€ 3	$ 18
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired																				$ 592	$ 398	$ 161
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				(4)
Contribution to joint venture																					(5)
Net sales										$ 3,209	$ 3,273	$ 3,187	$ 3,254	$ 3,097	$ 3,254	$ 3,268	$ 3,395			12,923	13,014	13,525
Operating profit																				1,946	$ 1,395	1,091
RXBAR
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 600
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 596
Current assets																							$ 43
Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 381	BRL 1,380
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 379
Escrow Related To Acquisition																				67
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																		$ 4	BRL 14	$ 7
Current assets																								$ 44
Bisco Misr
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross									$ 125
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired									$ 117
Payments to Noncontrolling Interests							$ 13
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent		95.00%								95.00%				95.00%						95.00%	95.00%
Current assets																									$ 11
MassFoods
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross								$ 46
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired								$ 44
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																					$ (3)
Current assets		$ 8												$ 8							8
Property, intangible assets and goodwill		46												46							46
Current and noncurrent liabilities		$ 13												$ 13							13
Tolaram
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contribution to joint venture						$ (5)
North America Other
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				$ 0
Contribution to joint venture																					0
Net sales																				1,616	1,598	1,687
Operating profit																				230	181	178
North America Other \| RXBAR
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales																				27
Operating profit																				1
Latin America
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				(4)
Contribution to joint venture																					0
Net sales																				955	780	1,015
Operating profit																				108	$ 84	$ 9
Latin America \| Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales																				217
Operating profit																				22
Intangible assets subject to amortization [Member] \| Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				39
Intangible assets not subject to amortization [Member] \| Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				(11)
Goodwill [Member] \| Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				(28)
Deferred tax liabilities and goodwill [Member] \| Ritmo Investimentos
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments																				$ (58)